Friday, February 12, 2010

Strickland Announces Ohio Health Information Partnership Wins $43 Million to Develop Health Information Exchange

Columbus, Ohio--Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today announced that the Ohio Health Information Partnership, the non-profit entity he designated to lead the implementation of Ohio's health information technology efforts, competed for and won $43 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development and implementation of a health information exchange.

In addition, five Ohio entities will receive approximately $29 million for the adoption of health IT and to train workers for health care jobs.

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